Introduce Yourself!

[COUNT SMRIFNACK]

My name is Jason and I live in Texas.

My console collection includes:

Atari 400
Atari 2600 (2)
NES (2)
Sega Genesis
Turbo Grafx16
Turbo Grafx CD
Super NES (2)
PS2
XBox360

I collect Splatterhouse games and just recently got into TG stuff, and love it.

[jjreason]

Hey gang, I'm Jim from Canada, 35 years old, and I've been "buzzing" since my brother and I got our Atari 2600 back in the early 80s. I graduated to a Commodore 64, then took a bit of a break during the "Dark Ages" leading up to the NES.

I got back into gaming with the TG16, then went HARD at the Genesis for a good number of years. My first foray into the gen after that was the N64 (I'm a sucker for Star Wars, so Shadow of the Empire quickly parted me from the $400 it cost for the system and one game back then!!!!), but I switched to Playstation within a few months. I've been in the PS family ever since, having purchased a PS2 on launch date and a PS3 just a couple of months ago.

My favorite game is Metal Gear Solid - and yes I realize this is not original!!!! I'm also a fan of the Final Fantasy series but cooled my jets on those by humping around on FFXI for hours on end, basically to no avail (I still haven't much more than even started part XII). I think I'll stick to the older ones, thanks very much!

I finally realized a dream - I was able to hook up a TON of old systems in my basement after we moved into our most recent house. Sadly, my Genesis has a few parts that are TU, so it's not working. My hope in joining here is to make a few connections that will help me trade some extra systems and games I've picked up over the years for stuff that I can really enjoy - my Genesis and N64 systems and games to be specific.

I'm hoping to post a very nice Saturn starter kit for sale here shortly, as well as a like-new Dreamcast system with a few games to raise funds for the parts I'm needing to get up and running, and am glad to have found this place.

[Flack]

It's great to see so many fresh new faces popping up around here. Welcome aboard, everyone!

[turbokon]

Hello I'm new to digitalpress but I've been a member at the pcenginefx.com forum since january. My only love (besides my wife & kids) are the turbo systems. I'm currently starting to collect turbos again. The systems I have right now are:

Turbo Duo
Turbo Express
Sony PSP
Sege Genesis
Nintendo Wii

[TOE-NEE]

Hello everyone, my name is Tony and I'm 30 years old and I live in Arizona. I am a huge Playstation fan and collector. I hope to meet a lot of new people on here and talk some gaming.

[vikingscool]

I'm Keith. I am big fan of Super Mario Bros. 3 since my friend playing video game with me; and my parents bought this game for the Christmas in 1990.
I am here for posting about Super Mario Bros. 3 beta. That why I need to register for this here. Because, a few days ago. I found something new screenshots from Japanese Magazine. That I can seen on Yahoo Flickr about Famicom for Super Mario 1 and Super Mario Bros. 3.
I was surprised :o I am shocked about one new beta shots at the bottom of the screen.

[DragonmasterAlex]

Hi.
My name is Milton, I live in Brazil and I'm a student of biochemistry and pharmaceutical sciences :)
I've found this forum while searching for a price-catalog for rare Atari 2600 games (I don't buy many atari games, but I was curious about the most expensive games in this system)
My favorite game era is the late-32-early-128 (when the dreamcast was released).
I collect games that I like, no matter the system, so when I buy a game, I know I'll play it sometime. One thing that I like to collect is Japanese Mega Drive rpgs, but I won't play them because I don't know how to read Japanese. :|

[Bulletnyourass]

My name is Phillip. I have heard of this website for some time over at neo-geo.com . I actually decided to register today when forum member Bibliophile sent me a Pm regarding a scammer known as David Kaplish. Anyway, I know the neo geo website has a reputation for being snobbish/elitists but that is not the case with all of us.

[Giant]

Hi, my name is Lee. I joined the forum last week after using the digital press guide to sort through the gaming stuff I already had. I'm a college student in South Texas. I currently have: Atari 2600, Genesis, SNES, Game Boy Color, N64, GBASP, PS2, and PSP. I also have a few games for 32X, Sega CD, NES, and 7800 despite not having the consoles yet. Right now I'm working to expand my collection. I don't really care too much about completeness, its more about being able to play games the way they were meant to be played. I was the webmaster for the Link Cable of Time website which will be relaunching as an online magazine within the next couple months *crosses fingers*. Anyway, hello all.

[sh13ld]

Hi. My name's Jyri and I live in southern Finland. I'm a project manager in a ad agency. I'm responsible for all website projects.

I've been using the Online Rarity Guide for some time now and now I finally registered to these forums.

I currently own 300+ games to the following consoles:

* NES
* SNES
* Game boy
* Game boy Color
* N64
* Gamecube
* Mega Drive (+ Mega CD 2)
* Saturn
* Dreamcast
* Game Gear
* Sony Playstation
* DS Lite

You can find my blog at http://www.kilpelainen.info .

[Rarehunter]

Uh hi. Names Rarehunter, but you can call me Matthew. I am a 3rd generation gamer and have been playing for 21 years. I own an unofficially small distribution company outside of San Jose called Rarefindit. I try to specialize in rare games. What makes me unique is I usually find rare games on foot instead of going online. That means going to local stores and indie game shops that may have rare games. I hear everyone say it's on ebay or amazon, but I say bullocks to that. I can prove to those naysayers that I can find it on foot.

Unfortunately, I've almost exausted all my resouces and now I seek guidance. I'm going to the retrogamers for help since you guys share the same interest as I. I'm asking for help outside of San Jose, but still keeping it like it's local. If you have a rare game I need, I'll pay you.

Let's negotiate.

[deltoidsteep]

Hello everybody, my name is Todd and i'm from Hamilton, Ontario. I've been reading these forums for a while now and i figured it's about time that i got involved in them. I've been gaming for the past 15 or so years, though it's only in the last few years that i've seriously started collecting. I collect for almost 30 systems but i focus more on quality than quantity so my library isn't enormous. Anyways, i hope to learn and have a good time here!

[Sin Cargo]

Hey everyone! My name is Brett, I'm a 26 year old film maker. Originally from Buffalo, NY, I moved to Queens in the summer of 2005 to pursue work in the entertainment biz. In November of 2006, I joined together with some college buddies of mine and shot a pilot to an indy web series called "The New Adventures of Captain S." The show was meant to be a mash-up of saturday morning TV shows from the early 90s (think Saved by the Bell, Captain N, and Superhuman Samurai-Syber Squad.) A month later, we formed PBC Productions and made 9 more episodes of Captain S.

Since launching our site in January of 2007, we have released over 70 videos, many of them with a gaming theme. We're featured on screwattack.com, and soon to be featured on goodgameTV.com, which releases its first beta today. Check out http://www.pbc-productions.com for new content every friday!

You can catch us at NAVA each month, ogling Joe's collection, drinking beer (in red plastic cups, of course,) and shooting the breeze with everyone that's come out.

[Nodtveidt]

Nodtveidt's the name, you can call me Nodt or Rover (The Old Rover is what people on pcenginefx know me as). I currently hail from Isabela, Puerto Rico, but am originally from the USA mainland. Came here tracking a scam, actually...but found out I couldn't see the page. Oh well. Anyways, to keep with the format of new posts here...my favorite games are pretty much all on the TurboGrafx 16...Neutopia, Exile, Parasol Stars, Cadash, Lords Of Thunder...I could go on and on for hours. Not a lot of love for newer console games with a few exceptions, such as Genji on the PS2 or Castlevania POR on the NDS. I collect only for the TurboGrafx, but my console is region-modded so I've picked up a few select PC Engine titles as well. In real life, I am a trading card merchandiser full-time and a programmer part-time, doing websites professionally and retro video games as a hobby; I'm the lead coder of the PCE coding group Frozen Utopia and also code for Eponasoft as an NDS developer. I intend to collect the entire US TurboGrafx 16 collection someday...I was actually almost there, with a solid 100 titles in my possession...and then I had to sell off most of them because my wife and I needed the money for our soon-to-be-born baby girl. Well, I can collect them anytime, but our family is more important. Anyways, I'll hang around here for awhile I reckon, but I'll try to avoid conflict...I hate fighting on forums.

[thepiratemonk3y]

Hey everyone. My name is Dan and I'm from Flemington, NJ

To be honest I'm not quite sure how I found these forums, and I only found them about two weeks ago, but I'm happy I found them. They are pretty much everything I've been looking for in a gaming board.

Its tough to say what my favorite game is. I'm a big fan of the Contra series and the frustration it causes. I've also been a follower of Pokemon since the early days.

I've recently started collecting again because I made friends with some people who also like video games. Right now I own a NES, SNES, Genesis, N64 Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance SP, and a DS. Basically I buy games that I've heard good things about for all those consoles and I'm always looking for consoles and cool accessories that I don't already have. I just love collecting all that kind of stuff.

Right now I'm just a student but I just applied at Gamestop so hopefully that will go well. Despite my normal views on their store, I figured that if I like games, the job might be bearable as opposed to other options.

I started "collecting" when I was around 6. My Uncle bought a NES for his two daughters that they never played, so he handed it down to me along with SMB and Tetris. I VERY RARELY got new games and after all that time I still only have around 30. I was almost always one or two gens behind on the latest technology but it gave me a greater appreciation of the classics.

I guess thats it, probably over did it with all of that.

[Dantesinferno]

Hey everyone, my name is Dustin, I am from the midwest, Iowa to be exact. I am 33, I'm married, and I am a pretty hardcore gamer and sports fan. As for systems I have..

One SNES I got for christmas when it launched
One Super Famicom
One turbo duo that I got at a yard sale in the (very damaged) box
One genesis with sega cd with the s-video cable mod
One slim cermaic white pstwo
One white import sega saturn
Two dreamcasts, one still NIB for when the launch system croaks
One halo edition xbox
One silver gcube
One xbox 360 pro
One import xbox 360 arcade edition
One PS3
One Wii
Two DS lites, one white, one baby blue (import)
Two GBA SP with the bright screen

The ps3, wii and 360 are played on a 42" panasonic 1080p plasma and everything else is played on 32" jvc iart 4:3 tv. My favorite games are 2D and 3D fighters, 2D shooters, FPS, RPG and Racing games..actually, I like games period. I'm glad to be here!

[Krook]

Im 23yo from Sweden. Found this side like two years ago or something and have been coming back here once in a while when im looking for something. And today finally registred myself, hehe.
I'm collecting Final Fantasy titles, NES and SNES games. I'm not a huge collector and i'll probably never be one. I'm more of a retro gamer then a retro collector.
Well, it's nice to be here.

[Roufuss]

Hm, a quick introduction - I'm 25, from Tampa Bay, FL. I had always known about Digitpress, even had myself a nice 1,100 + game collection, but for many reasons I had to liquidate =/

Eventually, I hope to put most of it back together, but in the mean time, I'd love to talk about the games I've owned, played, and discover new gems in the mean time!

Luckily I kept all my working systems :D

[GreatBazunka]

Hi, GreatBazunka Here.
I am a Nintendo collector, anything Nintendo. I like all types of games but pretty much anything with mario in it is my favorite. I have a decently extensive NES colelction including a caltron 6 in 1. In real life (if there is such a thing) i am a computer technitian. Having no bills right now sure makes collecting easy.

[Krook]

Hi, GreatBazunka Here.
I am a Nintendo collector, anything Nintendo. I like all types of games but pretty much anything with mario in it is my favorite. I have a decently extensive NES colelction including a caltron 6 in 1. In real life (if there is such a thing) i am a computer technitian. Having no bills right now sure makes collecting easy.

I'm probably not the right person to say this but, Welcome to the bunch!

[Dr. Dib]

Hi, I'm Dr. Dib. Well I'm not a real doctor, but its just a name I came up with as I was naming myself in Zelda. Yes my name is inspired by Invader Zim.

Anyways, I've been a gamer nearly all of my life. My older brother and father already had a NES when I was born and they got a SNES shortly after A Link to the Past came out.

I got into collecting games sometime in the summer of '04. This was caused by me finally getting a T.V. in my room. I decided I wanted to hook up my SNES which had not been used in ages (as I would later discover, I could have used it since I used the N64 A/V cable). As it turned out I had the worst of luck because Gamestop and EB Games stopped carrying anything older than a N64. Thankfully a GameCrazy opened up nearby me.

Anyways, since I officially started collecting in 2004 (although I've of course kept some consoles that I was an original owner of) I've accumulated 300 some games. Of course this isn't as much as others, but I take pride in what I have. After all, for having a little paying job it isn't too bad.

I came to this site after someone recommended its collector's guide to me.

[NayusDante]

Who you are
Hello, I'm Sean.

Where you live
Florida. It's too damn hot. >_<

How you found the forums
Google search on RetroDuo reviews

What your favorite games are
SNES RPGs, Megaman/Rockman, Katamari, Unreal Tournament, and anything really unique, bizarre, or relatively unknown/non-mainstream

What systems you collect for
Mostly NES, SNES, but I love everything

What you do in "real life"
In college (pursuing engineering), work part time at a wheel store (different, but interesting)

Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I grew up with my NES, which fascinated me to no end. It just kept going from there.

View my collection (http://nayusdante.mybesthost.com/page.php?2)

[Gandalf42]

Hi.. Gandalf42 here,

I've collected systems and games for the better part of a decade. The systems I currently own the Atari 2600 (4), Atari 5200 (1), Atari 7800 (2), Atari XE Game System (1), Colecovision (1), Intellivision (3), Odyssey 2 (2), Playstation (4), Playstation 2 (3), Playstation 3 (1), XBox (2), Xbox 360 (1), Gamecube (2), Saturn (3), N64 (3), Wii (1), PSP (1), NDS (2), NDS Lite (1), Genesis (2), TG-16 (2), TurboDuo (1), 3D0 (1/Panasonic), GameGear (1), NeoGeo Color (1), Gameboy Advance (2), WonderSwan (1), Sega Master System (2), SNES (2), NES (10). I'm probably forgetting a few. :)

The games I mainly collect, play and trade are shoot'em ups and I also run a Shoot'em up fansite called Shmuptacular (http://www.shmuptacular.com).

Looking forward to some good classic gaming chatting.

[raptor94k]

Hey.

My name is Jordan. I'll be 21 in like two weeks and I'm in college at LSU. Two more semesters and I will be out with a double major in electrical engineering and computer engineering. Then I'm going to be a musician. :D

I've been collecting games since I was 14 or so. I started out collecting games for the NES and now I collect anything that I can find. I'm a big RPG fan, but I definitely love a good side scrolling fighter or shooter.

[Meltd0wn]

Greetings and Well Met.
My name is Mike and I'm 43 and been a video gamer since 1972 when my father brought home the first Odyssey, When I moved out I took all the gaming consoles with me. At first I never thought of it as 'collecting' video games, I just thought of it as keeping them so that I could hook them up and play them whenever I got the urge. It wasn't until I started hearing people talk about the "old" days when they first played on their NES or SNES that I realized 2 things. I'm OLD, and I have an extensive video game console collection. LOL.

I'm a single father raising my 2 daughters who are both also gaming adicts, I'm currently trapped in Florida, and thats not as great as many think it is.

I found this site on a Google search, as I recently got fed up with the 2 gaming forums I was a member of and decided to search for another place that was established and covered all ranges of video games, and Here I am.

My favorite games of all time are Donkey Kong(arcade), Joust(arcade), Gyruss(arcade), Both Animal Crossing games(GCN,DS), Mass Effect(xbox360), Lost Odyssey(xbox360), and both Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic(xbox) As you can see I favor the so called "RPG's" even though none of them actually feel like true Role Playing Games.

The following are consoles that I own, although most are packed away in storage because I dont have enough space now to display them.


3DO
Atari 2600 x 4
Atari 400
Atari 5200
Atari PONG x 2
C64
ColecoVision
Gamecube
Intellevision
N64
NES x 2
Odyssey
Odyssey 2000
Odyssey 2
Sega Genesis
Sega MasterSystem
Sega CD
SNES
TurboGrafix 16
TI-99/4a
VIC20
Xbox
Xbox360
Wii


DS x 3
DS lite x 3
GB
GBP
GBC
GBA
GBA-SP x 3
Sega GameGear
Virtualboy


And before anyone asks NO I do not own any SONY systems, Once SONY screwed up my computer I vowed to never allow their products in my home ever again, with the exception of CD's and DVD's which now NEVER go near my computer.

For the past 2 years I was the home caregiver for my grandfather who has Alzheimer's which was pretty much a 24/7 job, but now he is in a nursing home so I can return to the working field, now to just find a company that is actually hiring. lol

spare time for me is spent playing with my daughters, playing video games, and puppetry. yes I'm a professional Puppeteer.


Well I guess thats enough "Intro" for me, now I'll go check out some more boards.

[marbs]

Hey, I'm marbs, some of you may already know me from 64Digits (http://www.64digits.com?refer=marbs).

I'm from England (pip pip, tally ho), I'm almost 17, and I've been collecting game consoles since about '96 when me and my sister bought a SNES off of a friend for £50 because he wanted to get an N64 instead.

I've known of this site for a while, just never got around to signing up until recently. I either found it through google or the ben heck forums.

My favourite console is the SNES, since it was my first one, and I have the most games for it, and I'm hoping to make a SNESp soon! I have around 61 games for my SNES (unless you include the 3 games I took apart for various reasons).

My rarest and most valuable game has to be "Starwing Competition" (PAL), which I picked up from a boot sale (flea market/whatever) for just £1, and apparently it's worth something betwenn £50 and £150, not a bad find if you ask me :D

I used to think I had a big collection until I saw some of the other peoples stuff on and around this site.

I've never documented my whole collection, though from memory I think I have over 26 consoles, including NES, SNES, N64, GCN, Wii, PS1, XBOX, Dreamcast, G700, 2600, some other console which I can't find any information about online, load of segas, and some handhelds.

If you want pictures, here are some from a while back (excuse the untidyness of the collection :P)
Top down view showing big controllers and boxes (http://64digits.com/users/marbs/collection_i3.JPG)
Some of my SNES games among other stuff (http://64digits.com/users/marbs/collection_i1.JPG)
View from further back (http://64digits.com/users/marbs/collection_i2.JPG)
Though note that that isn't my entire collection - I have stuff scattered around the house, and my collection has grown since then! :D


I have a load of exams in a few weeks and coursework to do, so I'd probably better end this here. Cheerio, have a nice day.

[mike0601]

Hi my name is Mike, I'm 20 and live right outside Philadelphia. I have probably over 700 games for about 15 different systems. My favorite system to collect for is the SNES. The main types of games I like to collect are beat em ups. I don't know why but for some reason I just love them and really wish the genre would come back.

I've always enjoyed video games but I didn't start collecting for older systems until one day gamestop had a 75% off sale on all N64 games. I bought a ton of them and got hooked on getting more. One day I hope to make it to the digitpress store but who knows when that will be.

[JunkTheMagicDragon]

hi, newb here.

my name's jon. i'm 24 and i live in irwinville, ga (us). you history buffs will recognize that as the location where jefferson davis was captured. everyone else will wonder what i'm rambling about.

i ran across the forums while searching for info on my new pippin.

my first console was the 2600, but i've only been collecting seriously since 03 (where finances allow, that is). much like marbs, i thought i had a decent collection till i saw some of the galleries here!

right now my collection stands as such:
atari 2600 (heavy sixer)
mattel intellivision (with box)
commodore 64 (with box)
colecovision & exp mod 2 (both with boxes)
sega master system
genesis model 1
saturn
dreamcast (black sports model)
nes
snes
n64
gamecube
ps2 slim
xbox
xbox 360
turbografx 16
bandai pippin @world

i recently got cases for all my loose carts and am now in the process of building shelves to hold them.

[waru]

I'm Zack, and I'm crazy about SNES RPGs. I think I've hit all the major and many of the minor ones, so I'm looking for more! Japanese OK! Even some non-RPGs are pleasureable too, sometimes.

But all my gaming is on ROMs. Will I be accepted here if I'm not collecting systems!?

[nat]

Hi. I'm an admin over on www.pcenginefx.com/forums

I've heard Digital Press is all the rage these days, so I'm here to see for myself.

[LensLarque]

Hi ! I'm LensLarque, a shmup addict usually hanging on shmup.com, the french site dedicated to shoot'em up games (not shmups.com wich is the N°1 english shmup site, cool guys ^^).

Began playing with the Atari 2600 (or even a Pong clone, don't remember) but true love came with the MD/Genesis.

I currently own these systems:
-Super Game (chinese famicom clone ^^)
-SNES Pal
-GBA SP (broken ^^)
-MD1 Pal (w/ region & frequency switches)
-MD2 Pal (w/ region & frequency switches)
-Mega CD Pal
-Master System Converter
-Saturn Pal (w/ frequency switch + ST-Key v1.0)
-PSX Pal (fat grey, w/ modchip)
-PS2 v9 '50004' silver Pal (w/ modchip)
-GC Pal (w/ FreeLoader)
-DC Pal (w/ DC-VGA BOX)

I plan to do various mods to my systems (mainly MD/Genesis, by far my fav' system :embarrassed:) but also to do some arcade sticks mods:
-Hori Fighting Stick 2 (add seimitsu or sanwa stick + sanwa buttons, will be tough ^^)
-DC official arcade stick (add seimitsu or sanwa stick + sanwa buttons)
-MD/Genesis Arcade Power Stick II (6 btn) (add sanwa stick + sanwa buttons: I have no clue if it is even possible. actually I still have to FIND a pair of those ^^).
And finally to build a solid MD/Genesis collection 'again' as I recently fell in love a second time with Genny. :love:).

Another thing I want to try is a VGA -> CGA adapter (there are schematics around, looks hard). :smash:

:cheers:

[aus_e]

Greetings all,

just joined, this is my first post.
i'm a 38 yr old IT Helpdesk manager in Sydney, Australia.
my one and only console was a Atari 2600. following that was a Commodore 64 and an Amiga 500 and Atari 1040ST. Favourite joystick was the Tac-2. Indestructable. perfect for Daly Thomson's decatholon. I also had an Australian made joystick, cannot remember it's name. Was Arcade quality switching. bloody expensive to buy at the time. I also still have my Atari Lynx.
I used to work at a Dept store computer section, so used to play everything. had to you know. needed to demonstrate to customers : )
Currently still so retro I was still playing CivII on my laptop till recently. Or more retro, a big MAME player.
just bought a MXT DVD player which has a VCD of NES games.

Cheers,
e

[StBob]

Hello to all you old retro atari folks.

I started with a Sinclair 16k way back in?? not sure when.
My first game system was a 2600
My second computer was a Atari 400 upgraded to 48k.

I think the reason I wanted the Atari was to play a game called ZORK I. I had seen it on a home built CPM machine. I think it was 1979 when I first played ZORK. I had to have it. I remember the Percom floppy drive was 350.00 back then. When I got it I was in heaven.

M.U.L.E. quickly became a cult classic. My beer drinking friends love to have MULE tourneys about once a month. We either had 4 or 8 people, if 8 we set up two 800s and the top two of each match went on to the final four. There was a loser round for the basement dwellers too.

I went on to get a ST, STE, MEGA, 486PC etc. I don't think any of those systems was a dear to me as the 800. Probably because of MULE, ZOMBIES,
ARCHON etc. We have not played in about 2 years but from 1983 till 2006 we had at least one MULE tourney per year. Beer was needed to help people mess up and YAh MULEs by accident, fun stuff. They have been asking me to dust off the 800 and get some MULE going. My wife is trying to throw them away as junk. She just does not get it.

I've been pretty sick as of late, not working for past two months due to medical tests etc. I dug up my old 800 and played some Archon and Miner 2049er. Brought back some great memories.

I am glad I got to ride the technology wave. My kids really do not get what we had to go through back in the day. Tape drives, slow floppies etc. It gives you an different perspective on the evolution of computers and games.

If I get better I think I will go to one of these retro gaming conventions, it sounds like fun.

[niolani]

Hi. I'm new to this forums. Finally, I've found a place were I can share my love for retro video games. I actually own 20 games consoles. Here's a list:

Atari 2600
Atari 7800
ColecoVision (x2)
Coleco Gemine (Atari 2600 clone)
Sega Master
Sega Genesis (x2)
Sega GameGear
TI-99A Silver
GameBoy Original (Red)
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64 Jungle Green Edition
Nintendo GameCube
GameBoy Advance SP
Nintendo DS Link (Pink)
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 Slim

That's all. :-D

[darkslime]

Hi, I'm Jake.
I'm 14, and have gotten into collecting retro games after going to yard sales.
I have been modding for myself and friends for a couple years now.

The systems I own are:

PS2
GC
360
WII
GENESIS
GAME GEAR
DC

I know its a crappy collection, but I can't seem to find a NES/SNES that's reasonably priced, and play most of my games off roms.

[t2kd2k]

My name is Masaru. I live in Tokyo, JAPAN.
I found DP site when I was searching about Atari 2600 games.

My favorite games are
Tempest 2000 (Jaguar), Defender 2000 (Jaguar), Out Run (SS),
Ridge Racer (PS), Marble Madness (Genesis), Tetrisphere (N64),
Shooting Gallery (SMS), Pac-Mania (NES), Balloon Fight (FC),
Tapper (2600), Star Wars: The Arcade Game (2600)

I'm a gamer/videogame historian, maybe.
I love classic videogames especially cartridge-based games.:hail:

[LGB]

Wonderful. The first time I've missed a welcome thread; I'm used to just posting in the general chat, whatever it may be.

Hiya. Name's Tep, and I've been messing with games and the words "Game Over" since I was about 3. This was very late to gaming, considering I started off with Super Mario Bros 3 in 1996. (!) I'm 14, by the way. Not sure if that makes me "hardcore".
You're through. Do it again and you're toast.
--------
Oh hello. Name's Terrance. Found my way here by... well actually, I found my way here by a random welcoming e-mail I got a few months back...

Anyway, I was poking around the forums since then, and saw it seemed to be safe ground, so I joined. Also, there seems to be a lot of (good) shmupsforum members (Hello Ed!). I'm not anything special. 14 years old, and I've got this mental block that I'm way too young for half the things I take interest in, even though it's just obscure video games, and to be more precise, shooters. Which I'm not the greatest at anyway.

[gewky]

Sup guys, my name is Win and I just recently started collecting sealed video games, most ly NES/SNES/PSX/PS2 - as I live in the NJ area I'll probably check out the store and maybe attend an event or two.

[thom_m]

Hey there. I'm Thom, from Brazil. I'm 27-year-old journalist, and have been playing videogames since I was 6, when my dad bought me an Atari 2600 (it came with Missile Command and Enduro).

I'm especially fond of the old (ooops, I meant "classic") systems; currently, I own a beaten up Super NES, a Mega Drive, and a Megavision, which is a really cool brazilian genesis clone. Oh, and also one of those crappy "Polystation" famiclones. My wife thinks I'm nuts for spending money on this "junk"... but never refuses to spend a whole sunday afternoon trying to beat Kid Chamelelon again. My little daughter is already learning to play, and hopefully she'll follow her gamer dad's footsteps.

I ran into this forum while trying to find information about the differente models of SNES controllers, and it was very helpful, so I decide to join. Hope I can contribute too someday.

[WaverBoy]

Hello all,

I'm Jeff, 39, from Seattle WA. My first game console was a Coleco Telstar Alpha. Black-and-white, self-contained, with tennis, hockey, handball, and Jai Alai:

http://www.pong-story.com/coleco_alpha.htm

My first real console, though, was the beloved Atari 2600, wood-grain four-switch model, which, I remember distinctly, set my poor parents back $139.95 in 1981 dollars. Nearly wore my thumb out playing Asteroids & Space Invaders. Also loved the extremely underrated Activision Fishing Derby. The next year I asked for the 5200 for Xmas, and got it (YES!). Still have it. Love that system. Montezuma's Revenge...many many hours playing that one. Space Dungeon too. Skipped ColecoVision and Intellivision. Picked up the NES for myself with pizza delivery wages (still living at home) in 1988. Became addicted to Legend Of Zelda (who wasn't?), Double Dragon, LifeForce, and Super Dodge Ball. Other NES faves include Punch-Out, Kings of the Beach, and Gyruss. Never picked up a Super NES or Genesis originally, but played the Genesis quite a bit at a friend's. I think that the greatest Genesis game of all time just may be Streets Of Rage. (I just got Streets of Rage 2, but have yet to play it...) The last game console I bought at the time of its release was the Playstation. I only really ever liked Battle Arena Toshinden, Road Rash, and, especially, Tempest X3. Guess I'm too old-fashioned for most polygon games. My original Telstar, Atari, NES and Playstation are long gone; I've since gone back and gotten another mint 2600 wood-grain 4-switch, an NES (which I'm about to send out to be completely overhauled), a Genesis (original model, though it doesn't say 16-Bit High Resolution Graphics on it for some reason), a Saturn (just for Legend Of Oasis), and a redesigned PSOne. Oh, and I have a GameBoy Color too, that my nephew gave me years ago. Revenge of the Gator is great on that. So, that puts my collection at:

Atari 2600 (4-switch woodgrain)
Atari 5200 (original 4-port model)
Nintendo Entertainment System (original toaster model)
Sega Genesis (original model)
Sega Saturn
Sony PSOne
Nintendo GameBoy Color (Yellow)

It's great to be here!

[steven78]

Hi

i am steven and i am 27 years old,and from the netherlands. Nes freak from i whas a little kid.So i only collect nes,specialy PAL-B.But i got a small ntsc want list.Me and a friend have a dutch NES forum.So you can check it out at

www.palrocks.com

Hope to meed some new people here ,and maybe do some buy/sell/trade's :)


thats it..

greets

steven78

[Zora Mystery]

Hello, my name is Zora Mystery! I just found this site looking up old Xbox and Nintendo 64 games on Google. My favorite games are Mario and Zelda, but I like anything that is fun, old and new.

See you around!

[nimblenumbersned]

Hi all,

My name is Michael Worrall and I live in San Francisco, CA

I am strictly a late 70's/early 80's player and collector. I was one of the few kids in my school that had an Odyssey 2. I always wondered what would have happened if Atari did not win the appeal on the KC Munchkin suit. (Besides no flicker, you could program your own mazes!)

Besides an Odyssey 2, I have an Intellivision II with the whole ECS. I still play and collect games for the Odyssey 2, Intellivision and Atari 2600.

Some of my favorite games: Yars Revenge, Attack of the Timelord, Tron Deadly Disc, Pick Axe Pete, Bugertime, UFO, Microsurgeon, Berzerk and Showdown in 2100 A.D.

[The 1 2 P]

I'm 1 2 P but my friends call me...1 2 P. I love playing an collecting demo disc, import games and wrestling games. I'm also into anime, wrestling, and the UFC.

[PH5]

Hello Everyone,

I just signed up here, but I've been reading posts here for a while now. I'm a cg collector from Iowa, and I've been collecting for several years now. I focus most of my attention on the NES, because it was the one I had growing up, but I'll gladly pick up games for any system that I find for cheap. You can find a list of the games in my collection at my website (http://www.alpinecom.net/phackmann/vgc/index.php) . I do most of my game buying locally from my favorite thrift stores as I enjoy the challenge of the hunt, though I do occasionally use eBay.

In addition to collecting, I've recently gotten involved in modding donor carts to hold various homebrew roms. I've made NES carts of the roms from Challenging Lolo 1 and 2, and the latest Tecmo Super Bowl 2k7 rom. I have no doubt that I will be making more in time.

Paul

[timewarpgamer]

I'm a huge retro gamer fan. I'm not sure any era of video games can top the 8- and 16-bit one. Anyway, one of my goals is to create a site that provides definitive lists and information for the 8- and 16-bit golden age. Here is my early attempt: http://www.timewarpgamer.com. There's a long way to go, I know, but I appreciate any feedback.

[Naota]

Hey!

My name´s Rafael I´m 25, I live in Hysterical Mexico City MX. My very first Game System was an Intellivision then an atari 2600 and so on... till PS3.

I began collecting games/consoles seriously around 1996 / 1997 both: classic and modern age.

About collecting...well Right now I use to look and dig in a flea market near my job which sells NES/SNES titles, besides that I check regional e-bay site for some PSX deals and when possible I check in den den Town or Akiba for DC and Import Games.

I work on my free time as Editor, but work as a Production Assistant in a Didactic Editorial House.(where I´ve learnt a lot) I dream of Publish some retro Gaming Mag here in Mexico sometime.

My faves:

-Earthbound

-Radiant Silver Gun

-Super Metroid

-Parodius

-Final Fantasy VI and VII

My favorite Company´s: SEGA undoubtely.


And well I guess that´s It for Now, Thanks for Reading, your time and all of your creative ideas here at Digital Press. You are the best Guys!

Game On!
Rafael (Naota)

[groovetuber]

Hey. My name's Anthony. A few months ago I started collecting NES and SNES games and also some PS1 games. The collection is fairly small right now, but I hope to continue to expand and collect, it's definitely a fun hobby. I'm currently working my way through Chrono Trigger which is becoming an all-time favorite of mine. I'm about 3 hours in and it's just a super fun game. Anyway, I've been checking this site out over the past 2 months or so and I thought I would join. I've been a member over at NintendoAge for 3 months or so now as well. I look forward to talking games with you guys. Peace!

[modest9797]

Hey, I am Dylan Bond. I live in PA. I collect games for all the systems below.

Currently, my favorite system is my 360. My favorite game is Dead Rising. I really want to buy all the old Nintendo Games. I go to flea markets about once every two months looking for games.

[BadEnoughDude]

Hello. I'm Adam. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm 26, unemployed and a culinary student in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I'm a frequent poster over at RFGeneration under the same user name. Unfortunately, their site has been in and out of the hospital lately, and I needed something new to satisfy my forum-posting needs. That brings me here. I hope that I end up enjoying this community as much as I do theirs.

I started collecting seriously probably 8 or 9 years ago. A friend and I got in during a down time and were able to pick up large quantities of games for dirt cheap, mostly from a going-out-of-business rental store that gave us as much as we wanted for $2 a game. Those were the good old days. Obviously deals like that are much harder to find now, but I still maintain hope.

My collection right now consists of around 35 systems and 750+ games (closing in on 700 unique games). Lately I have been trying to fill in the remaining Playstation 2 titles on my want list (down to about 20), and, as always, the classics from my era: NES, SNES, Genesis and PS1. Being that I am unemployed I don't get to buy nearly as much as I'd like, but I find ways to buy games as often as I can.

[Bigziggy]

Hello,
I am new here. My name is Shaun and I am 36 years old.
I collect just about any thing to do with games. The things I collect the most are Nintendo and Atari. Hi to everyone and have a great weekend.

[Tenjikuronin]

Hey, nice to meet you.

[Optigrab]

Hey, now....

I'm Joe from Boston. I'm 30, married, two kids, and I still play video games. I'm kind of stuck in the past -- NES, Genesis, Super NES are my go-to's for a quick game. I own a Wii (again, two kids), but haven't made the next-gen leap to PS3 or 360 yet. I also have a DS, PS2, GameCube, even a TG-16.

I like collecting old video games and systems, and have a decent NES and Genesis collection. Mostly whatever I come across at thrift stores and yard sales. For example, I have an Odyssey2 system, but no games!

I am a staff member on VGR, where you can see my game list (http://vgrebirth.org/community/games.asp?list=1&id=Optigrab). Try to contain yourself.

Now that I've said hello, I'll likely keep to myself and continue hunting down barcodes for every single video game known to mankind (I'm also OCD, ADD, sometimes ED, and every now and then RLS).

Bye for now...

[Goatjuggler]

Doh, forgot to introduce myself. With links for added bonus!

I'm Goatjuggler. I own a farm of "fainting goats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fainting_goat)" which I scare the bejeezus out of and proceed to pick up and juggle. So far 3 is my max. Four at a time was a disaster. (Kidding about all that, btw) My nick on the interweb used to be Goatherder based off of Eddie Murphy's fake occupation in "Coming to America" but I ran into situations where the nick had already been taken, so I pulled this out of my *ahem*.

I'm a 30 year old Software Quality Engineer in the vicinity of Harrisburg, PA with my 4th consecutive season pass for Hersheypark (http://www.hersheypark.com/index.php). They still have an awesome arcade with plenty of classics, of which I plan to take plenty of pics soon. (Rampage!)

My first experiences with gaming/computing were the TI-99/4A (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99) and the Apple IIc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II#Apple_IIc).
That's where it all started. WYSIWYG on the Apple IIc anyone? I typed up all my reports in I think WordPerfect back then, and remember 1 fateful day where it locked up after ~4 pages of work lost. My sister laughed her ass off at me, so I chased her around with a knife! (I was about 10 yrs old!) I'd NEVER harm my sister, but that's what lockups used to do to people. Now it's a bit more common, meh.

I then graduated to an Atari 2600, but after that, the folks told me that video games and computers were too expensive and wouldn't get me anywhere. LULZ!

As much as I'd like to collect EVERYTHING they didn't let me have, I'd much rather have the original of all the things I DID own back then. So that's my current collecting ambition. I've matured a little bit above teenager level, so I know unpacking & playing a game I haven't played in 25 years isn't going to solve my current problems, but it certainly gives me a high that no drugs ever have, and believe me I've tried ;D.

Aside from classics, I got a launch day Wii, second-hand, a few days after launch day on a spur of the moment, and although I haven't played it much since Wii Sports, I've been messing around with Wii Homebrew and loving it. Getting back to C after ~12 years is like meeting up with an old friend with whom you've had differences in the past, but you're willing to look past that and move on. LULz! (geek, I know).

So I've got a lotta searching to do, but I love doing it and I'm hella glad there's a community like this out there for us types ;) CHEERS!

[Retrosondre]

I have visited this forum several times before, but I finally decided to register :) This is me, in short:

Sondre, 17 years old, Vestby, Akershus, Norway, Tellus, Milky Way.

I grew up with two older brothers (and a little sister) having no more than a NES console and a, at that time, high-end laptop my dad used to take home from work. The games I played the most, were Super Mario Bros. and Super Pang! (Sachen), aswell as Mega Man IV and Street Gangs. My favourites on the computer were Day of the Tentacle, Police Quest and Kings Quest.

I started collecting video games and video game related stuff for about 5 years ago, when I found out that it would be fun to get hold of a NES and bring back some memories from my childhood. Although i started collecting about 5 years ago, I did not take the hobby "serious" until a year or two later. Other than having a huge interest in video game and video game culture, I love taking photos in my spare time. In the winter seasons, I go twin tip-ing with my friends.

My handhelds:
Gameboy
Gameboy Pocket
Gameboy Color
Gameboy Advance
Gameboy Advance SP
Gameboy Micro
Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS Lite
Sega GameGear
Atari Lynx
Sony PSP

My consoles:
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo 64
Gamecube
Nintendo Wii
Sega Master System
Sega Megadrive
Sega Megadrive II
Atari 2600
Atari 2600 Jr.
Amiga 500
Commodore 64
Commodore 64c
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k
Philips CD-i 450
PlayStation
PlayStation One
PlayStation 2
Xbox 360

Most of the consoles are complete with box and manuals/inlays, and I do have several variants/bundles of most of them :)

Other than being a member here, I am currently an active forum admin for www.retro1.no. I am also registered at www.cowabunga.se.

[SpaceHarrier]

So I've been lurking here for a month or so and I am just getting around to registering.. gosh everyone seems so knowledgeable here..

Anyway I'm 28 from Orange County, California. Been playing games since the NES days. I'd say my favorite 3 consoles would be SNES, Dreamcast, and PSX in that order. I miss all the arcades that have disappeared in recent years, and still visit the ones that are still around in my area when I can. I wouldn't say I'm a hardcore gamer, I rarely beat the games I own. Nor am I a hardcore collector (at least compared to everyone here). I tend to think I read about games alot more than I play them. Either way, they have been my pastime and hobby for over 20 years and that is saying something. Alot of times I can hear a song on the radio and it will remind me of the game I was playing at the time... i.e. Desert level of Mario 64 is recollected when I hear "Going the Distance" by Cake; and Foo Fighter's "Everlong" always reminds me of Rage Racer.

anyway my consoles and game counts:

ps2 - 48 games and 24 psx games
jps2 - 1 and 1 jpsx
gamecube - 17
xbox - 11
dreamcast - 28
32x - 10
genesis - 14
snes - 21
nes - 33

handhelds with game counts:

psp - 5 games
nds - 7 and 12 gba
atari lynx - 5

Not too shabby, not too sizeable... I prefer to think of it as a "really well-balanced" collection, with a good cross-section of all the best games for each respective system. I'm always on the hunt for great "in the wild" finds, in factory-sealed or mint-condition whenever possible. I just enjoy the chase I suppose. I have an unhealthy urge toward those factory sealed games in particular, I dunno... just something -special- about de-virginizing a game. :popcorn:

[Drixxel]

Drixxel is my universal internet pseudonym, and I've been frequenting this site for years, mainly to reference the ever-swanky online rarity guide. I'm a fourth-year business student with the dream of starting a gaming retail haven along the lines of the DP Store. Retro gaming is a longtime passion of mine, existing alongside a love of music. The two naturally combine and I greatly enjoy composing using tracking software and NES-styled synths in an attempt to recapture the audio magic of the 8-bit age.

The sheer amount of gaming knowledge permeating this forum is staggering, and I hope I can contribute to the Digital Press community.

[Phénix]

Hi, my name is Phénix (Phoenix), and I am 36 years old. I have three children that love videogames. One absolutely loves fighting games on my NGPC, one cannot lives without Super Smash Bros (and doesn't mind a little Spiderman GBA session from time to time), and the other has put a lot of hours into Excite Truck and Mario Kart.

I try to only collect games that I like, so my collection isn't too big, like 10-15 games per console. For the moment, the only console I would like to complete is the NGPC. I would also love to have a consolized neo geo MVS.

[Justice UK]

Hi I'm Justice UK, as you can tell from my name I'm hail from across the pond.

I'm a huge game, and completely love reliving my childhood memories and continuing to enhance my gaming collection. My first system was a Commodore 64, but didn't get a proper console till I used some Chrstmas money to buy a Super Nintendo with Killer Instinct.

I found this site when searching for info regarding the JVC X'Eye just purchased. (That InsaneDavid seems to know lots on the subject)

[OMF2097]

Hello Digital Press!

My name's Pedro/OMF2097 and I hail from beautiful Northern NJ. I found the forum back while I was serving with the military a while ago. Once I got back into the swing of civillian life, I decided to start collecting systems. My favorite systems include (but not limited to) the C64, NES, Intellevision, TG-16, Dreamcast and of course the Neo-Geo. Growing up, I was really big into Commodore 64 and moved onto PC gaming. My favorite games back then for the PC were adventure games(Sierra/Dynamix, Access, etc) and flight simulators. Thank God for shareware back then also. BBS gaming and MUD's passed the time during the 9600-14000 baud rate days.

As a big fan of arcade titles, I was always spending way too much time after school @ Electric Circuit in Bloomfield, NJ. This fueled my love for the Neo-Geo platform and hence my purchase of a Big Red cabinet this year. As for "real life", I work in the network operations department for a major cellular service provider. I've been working in the telecom field since I was 18 and currently still love it.

My love for collecting led me to the Digital Press location in Clifton, NJ. Hopefully, I'll meet more of the board members at future NAVA events. Last one was fun and I met a lot of cool people.

[Wabs]

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[NytroSkull7]

Wassup!

I'm NytroSkull of the Jersey Shore. I don't call myself a serious collector, but hey i do collect games and that is all that matters! (P.S. all my systems are listed below) I am also into paintball so sadly only half my paycheck goes to this hobby. I love N64 because i grew up on it, but and also very big into NES. D.P. i love the store and have bought a system everytime i have gone. Thanx for making my day every day with this site and the support that there are people out there like me who were also anal about throwing out there boxes at age 7.

[TanookiSuitSam]

Hi! My name is TanookiSuitSam. Or you can call me RMC. I was referenced by my friend Cryomancer to come here. I heard a lot of great things about this place, and I hope to become a active member :)


As for games, I like to collect NES/Famicom and Sega Genesis games. Mostly NES however, as I grew up with playing the NES. I recently started dipping into import gaming, so I'll probably be hounding around japanese games auctions for a bit.

[Lios]

Hey everyone, my name is Nicholas and I am an avid video game collector. I am 21 as of the posting of this message and attending UTD for Computer Science. I live in the Dallas area of Texas. I've known about these forums for years and have been meaning to sign up, but I am just now getting around to it!

I have been collecting since I was 13, it all began when someone gave me an NES and no accessories or games. I commenced in going crazy collecting nes stuff, you wouldn't believe all the stuff people started giving me! Years later I pulled out the system I grew up with as a kid and had been neglecting for years: the Turbo Duo, which we traded in around our TG-16 for in '93. It didn't take me long to remember how awesome that system is! Nowadays I collect for anything and everything arcade, console, and hand held related, just no sports crap please. I also love to experiment with hardware mods/upgrades on systems. My up to date collection is listed here (more or less): http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/collection.pl?action=profile&name=Lios&folder=Collection

Oh and the old stuff beats the living hell out of all the new shovelware crap we get nowadays. Oh and I really miss gorgeous 2D graphics!

[retro junkie]

I'm a noob here. I've dropped by on many occasions to read and browse. Finally decided to enlist. I'm really hooked on those blasts from the past, especially the SHMUPS. Love games like Crisis Force, Gun Nac, Gradius, Life Force, R-Type, Zanac, Blazing Lasers, Gyruss, Galaga, etc. I could go for a long time naming SHMUPS that I enjoy. Portable gaming is my passion and the retro consoles come in second place.
I've been gaming for a while. Some tell me that I am too old to be playing video games, others just stare. I started playing when I was a teen, when pong was the only video gaming console you could buy. My family and I maintain a video gaming atmosphere. The family favorites are Bomberman and Bubble Bobble.
Here at home sitting at my desk, it is cluttered with portables, game console controllers, rechargeable batteries, games, Marvel Super Herod Squad characters and a few other figurines. I seem to consider this as being normal for a gamer. Isn't it? :eek 2:

[Lostdwarf]

Hello everybody my name is Mike and i'm addicted to video games.
With that being said here's a lil background of me. Born and raised in NJ. Full product of the 80's. I like vintage systems and games as well as some of the newer stuff out their. I love anything Zelda related. Also very much into the whole Guitar Hero thing. But to me the original NES is my absolute favorite.

Here are a list of the systems that I own:

Original NES
Re-Issued 1996 NES Top Loader
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Gamecube
Wii

Sega Genesis

Playstation 2 fatboy model
Playstation 2 slimline
Playstation 3

Gameboy
Gameboy Pocket
Gameboy Color
Gameboy Advance (nes limited edition version)
Nintendo DS (original)

Atari 2600 (wood grain model, 6 switch)


I've been collecting games since I was a child, I've bought and sold a lot of them and do regret selling my SNES collection =( but times were tuff. The SNES system is the system I have the least amount of games for as I only sold the collection about 2 years ago. My 2600 collection is very impressive with over 160 different games =)

Feel free to PM me with any questions

mike

[the.golden.ax]

If you shop on eBay, or hang out on Atari Age, then you may have seen me around. I've not been on your forum here at DP yet mainly because the black and red is kinda hard to stare at. Yeah... I guess I gripe allot.

HI.

[Trevelyan]

If you shop on eBay, or hang out on Atari Age, then you may have seen me around. I've not been on your forum here at DP yet mainly because the black and red is kinda hard to stare at. Yeah... I guess I gripe allot.

HI.

Hey, just thought I'd say that you can change the forum color by going to Edit Options in your User CP. The tabs right at the bottom of the settings.

[banjomartin88]

Hello everyone. My name is Daniel and I am 20 years old. I recently just got done with 2 years at a local community college and will hopefully be going on to a university in the fall.

Here is a list of my consoles:

NES
SNES
Nintendo 64
Gamecube
Wii
Original Gamboy
Gameboy Pocket
Gameboy Color
Playstation 2

As you can tell I'm a Nintendo man. :) I'm currently on a quest to collect as many different game consoles as I can. My first one I am searching for is the Atari 2600.

If you want to know anything else feel free to ask.

[Dave1507]

Hello everyone. Names Dave 46 yrs old, american living in the UK and still gaming:rocker:

I would name all my systems but the list is too long.

Hope to see ya on the forums:)

[retrogarden]

Hi everybody! My name's Rhys and I'm a 20 something year old gamer from Colwyn Bay, North Wales.

I found this forum from a blog I read on Retro Games.

I don't really collect too much, but am a big fan of Retro Games, and my favourite ever are Paradroid and The Detective Game for the C64, and Super Metroid for the SNES.

I'm a web designer by trade, and blogger by night ;)

[IMJ]

Hello gamers! I'm John, 30 and have haunted this forum for a while. A recent discussion over at the Racketboy forums have led me to finally post here. I'm currently a PS3 nut, but all of the old classics have a place in my hear (especially SNES and TGX16).

[AllSchoolGamer]

Hi, my name is Peter, I chose this usename because I enjoy ALL kinds of gaming...if you stick it in front of me I will play it. I started gaming in '84 when i was 4 years old with the atari and commodore vic 20 (my favorite game at the time was voodoo castle on the vic20, it was a text based adventure game though for some reason I remember always getting stuck in a chimney lol.) and have had a passion for gaming ever since. :love: I have had all the major systems through my life and loved every minute.

I hail from the east coast of Australia. Where games are the most expensive of anywhere in the world. :bad-words: thank goodness for imports
I was introduced to this forum from a collector i trade with online and, after having tried out various other gaming forums, think i have found my home here. This site is fantastic for what I've seen so far and (except for trading purposes) won't need to go anywhere else.

I am using the formula given at the start of this thread and the next question is What your favorite games are....that is a toughy. I guess my least favorite genre is rts. Thats really about as narrowed down as I can get LOL. I really do enjoy any kind of gaming.

I currently have most of systems that are of a maior release with the exception of the NES (soon though)...I will have to see if I have posted pix of my collection here yet and link it here in an edit cause I dont want to have to type it all down lol. Though by some of the collections I've seen here I guess I'm at a beginner level of collecting.

Outside of gaming my life revolves mostly around my wife and kids, work and study. But I guess my other hobbies are music, I am a drummer, computers, movies.

That will do for now I have bored you all enough.
Cheers:monkey:

ps when i pass i plan to have my consoles given to either gamer friends or charity but i am getting buried with my dreamcast lol

[porkchop_pt]

Hello,
I am new here,
all the way up from Canada

[BadChad]

Hey Everyone!

My name is Chad. Im all about the Classics of my childhood. (NES, SNES, Sega Genesis) I have roughly about 60-70 games for each, and am still adding new ones everyday. With all the newer systems Im "Out with the old, In with the new" But when it comes to my NES, SNES, and Genesis Im looking to collect and build my collection.

Systems I Own:
- NES
- SNES
- Sega Genesis
- XBox 360
- PS3
- Gp2x
- Nintendo DS

Dont really feel like listing the names of games.